archiveHong Kong

In his ninth budget speech last week, Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang highlighted the Hong Kong government's plan to foster the utilization of blockchain technology in the city's financial services industry and incubate such technology at Hong Kong's Cyberport. In his speech, Tsang stated: "Government will encourage the industry...

Bitcoin debit card provider E-Coin has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Hong Kong-based platform BnkToTheFuture. With 22 days remaining in its campaign, E-Coin has raised $63,076 of $384,171 from 21 backers. The minimum investment goal is $153,668 with 10% equity on offer. London-based E-Coin claims to have over 40,000 user...

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency company Banx Capital plans to join the BitShares Exchange Network when its new platform version launches soon. Since the end of 2013, Banx has set up a portfolio of cryptocurrency businesses including a cryptocurrency exchange, mining company, trading company, and others – spanning the whole industry. Banx...

More than just gold and other minerals are being linked to various cryptocurrencies. National Aten Coin’s oil & gas linked new cryptocurrency will be available from AtenPay, SA - a Warsaw, Poland based company on July 4th. The Aten “Black Gold" Coin can be purchased through collaborative efforts between AtenPay,...

I had a chance to discuss the coming regulatory wave for cryptocurrencies with London-based fintech legal expert, Adam Vaziri. Vaziri is the co-founder of a number of related ventures, including Diacle - a firm that helps fintech companies fulfill regulatory requirements in the UK, Merkle Tree - a website that...

Hong-Kong based firm Sam Sien Trading Ltd recently launched a startup called 12charge.com. This global online recharge service allows users from more than 110 countries to top up their mobile phones or buy airtime from over 450 providers and to pay utility bills, loans, TV, internet and other services in...

Hackcoin will be holding Hong Kong's first blockchain technology hackathon on May 23rd at the venue and workspace for startups, Paperclip. Organized by cryptocurrency regulatory tracker Merkle Tree, the competition is free for coders who register. The hacker groups with the best idea and "runners up" will win prizes. Partcipants...

Bitspark announced an integration with Clef to provide secure, passwordless logins its users. In recent months, Clef has been expanding its customer base in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Bitspark is a Hong Kong-based exchange and remittance platform that announced a new round of funding a few weeks ago. They offer end...

The Bitcoin foundation and the Darkcoin Foundation, now rebranded Dash Foundation, today issued a joint warning regarding fraudulent websites. In the wake of the MyCoin ponzi scheme scandal earlier this year, the warning was particularly meant for Hong Kong investors: BTC Review is managed by a group of dedicated Bitcoin enthusiast....

The Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, K C Chan, said today that Hong Kong Government did not consider bitcoins currency, and would not at this time regulate the cryptocurrency. The Hong Kong official was responding to questions from Legislator Leung Yiu-chung in Hong Kong's Legislative Council....

Hong Kong-based startup Gatecoin today launched their proprietary Bitcoin trading platform. The new exchange allows users to buy and sell bitcoin using Hong Kong Dollars, U.S. Dollars, or Euros. Additionally, the company offers a world first, a MasterCard backed by Bitcoin. “We’ve spent 2 years developing a bank grade trading...

HONG KONG and NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2015 - Inside Bitcoins producer MecklerMedia and AllCoinsNews.com have agreed to a cross-promotional partnership for four upcoming Inside Bitcoins events in 2015, in Singapore, Berlin, Hong Kong and New York. AllCoinsNews.com will be a media partner for those events, which will be held...

National Aten Coin’s (NAC) Aten “Black Gold” coin will be added to ANXPRO, a global platform that enables the purchase and sale of cryptocurrencies in major fiat currencies. Marcus Andrade, NAC's CEO, commented: We have taken a huge leap forward in the digital currency arena with the Aten “Black Gold”...

ACN had a chance to sit down today with Patrick Lam, the CEO of Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange KBBEX and talk about its future plans. The company's comfortable head office is in the Hong Kong Cyberport with stunning views across the Lamma Channel. Lam and his partners launched the exchange...

Hong Kong firm Bitcoinnect recently set up a two-way Genesis Coin Bitcoin ATM or BTM across the border in Shenzhen that can accept bitcoin, dogecoin, blackcoin, and RMB, according to a Chinese forum post. The address of the new BTM is at Room 1601, 16th Floor, SITIC Building, No. 1010,...

At the Global Bitcoin Summit 2014 in Hong Kong on November 28-29, OKCoin CTO Zhao Changpeng stepped in for CEO Star Xu to give a conference keynote. Zhao's keynote was upbeat about the Bitcoin ecosystem and OKCoin's place in it. He said that when he was asked to give this...

Attending UBM's Bitcoin Global Summit 2014 in Hong Kong was kind of surreal. Most of the attendees were mainland Chinese. Most of the speakers were mainland Chinese and spoke in Mandarin (Putonghua). One of the few English speakers, Blockchain.info's Roger Ver, was surprised when he asked local Hong Kongers, who mostly...

China Binary Sale Technology Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong GEM Board, released its 2014 third quarter financial results revealing that the group had incurred losses of 223,000 yuan from purchases of bitcoins. The company, which mainly earns revenue from its Greater China operations, still managed to earn...